Pepper vs Qikserve

Pepper is a UK hospitality platform (PepperOS) that combines a branded mobile and web ordering app, loyalty and rewards, marketing campaigns and a management portal, plus Quickpad, a handheld device for table-side orders and payments. QikServe is a digital ordering platform for hospitality that covers web and QR ordering, order-and-pay, open tabs, pay at table, mobile apps and self-ordering kiosks. Both are listed under Online Ordering System. They differ in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, Qikserve lists GBP 75 per licence per month, excluding VAT. Pepper does not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: Pepper: High street restaurant and pub groups; Qikserve: Bars and restaurants adding QR order and pay.

  • platforms

    Listed platforms: Pepper: Web; Qikserve: Web, iOS, Android.

  • countries covered

    Pepper names 2 countries and Qikserve names 1 country. 1 country appears in every list.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. Pepper names 32 integrations and Qikserve names 1 integration. No partner appears in every list.

Side by side

Pepper vs Qikserve: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldPepperQikserve
What it isPepper is a UK hospitality platform (PepperOS) that combines a branded mobile and web ordering app, loyalty and rewards, marketing campaigns and a management portal, plus Quickpad, a handheld device for table-side orders and payments.QikServe is a digital ordering platform for hospitality that covers web and QR ordering, order-and-pay, open tabs, pay at table, mobile apps and self-ordering kiosks.
Best forHigh street restaurant and pub groups; Brands wanting an own-branded ordering and loyalty app; Table service venuesBars and restaurants adding QR order and pay; High-volume quick-service and multi-site venues; Venues that already have an EPoS
Pricing modelQuote onlySubscription per location
Starting priceNot publishedGBP 75 per licence per month, excluding VAT
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesUnited Kingdom, United StatesUnited Kingdom
LanguagesNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations321
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot published2011
HeadquartersNot publishedUnited Kingdom
OwnerNot publishedThe Access Group
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Pepper

  • 3sPOS
  • Access
  • Acrelec
  • Acteol
  • Airship
  • Apple pay
  • Bloomreach
  • Deliverect
  • Dojo
  • Goodtill
  • Google pay
  • Guestline
and 20 more
  • Kurve
  • Lightspeed
  • Master card
  • NCR
  • Aloha
  • NFS
  • Omnivore
  • Oracle
  • Playable
  • Revel
  • Square
  • Stripe
  • Tevalis
  • TipJar
  • Toast
  • Toggle
  • Wireless social
  • Worldpay
  • WRS
  • Zonal

Named only by Qikserve

  • Loyalty programmes and digital wallets

Which to choose

Pepper

Choose Pepper if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: High street restaurant and pub groups; Brands wanting an own-branded ordering and loyalty app; Table service venues.

Qikserve

Choose Qikserve if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Bars and restaurants adding QR order and pay; High-volume quick-service and multi-site venues; Venues that already have an EPoS.

Less suited to: Single sites wanting a kiosk: the vendor says the kiosk product is available for deployments of 11 or more licences, with a minimum of 10 screens.

What we could not confirm

Pepper

  • Prices and contract terms
  • Headquarters, legal name and headcount
  • Funding
  • Security certifications
  • Languages

Qikserve

  • Contract minimum term and renewal (the help centre mentions 12 and 24-month terms for renewals)
  • Named POS and payment integrations
  • Prices in markets other than the UK and prices above 10 sites
  • Security certifications
  • Employee count and funding amounts (the announcement names investors Par Equity, Equity Gap, Scottish Enterprise and Maven Capital Partners without amounts)
  • Interface languages beyond the vendor's claim of multi-language ordering

Go further

Pepper profileQikserve profile

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Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Qikserve, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Product page: rebrand into Access Hospitalityhttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/products/qikserve/
  2. Digital ordering overviewhttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/digital-ordering/
  3. Pricing and product tiershttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/digital-ordering/pricing/
  4. Order and payhttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/digital-ordering/order-and-pay/
  5. Pay at tablehttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/digital-ordering/pay-at-table/
  6. Kioskhttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/digital-ordering/self-ordering-kiosk/
  7. Mobile orderinghttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/hospitality/software/digital-ordering/mobile-ordering/
  8. Acquisition announcement, founding, officeshttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/about/news/the-access-group-announces-the-acquisition-of-hospitality-digital-order-and-pay-specialist-qikserve/
  9. Help centrehttps://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/campaigns/hos/qikserve/